1. The dictionary definition of a "hippie" or "hippy" is: "a young person of the 1960’s who rejected established social mores, advocated spontaneity, free expression of love and the expansion of consciousness, often wore long hair and unconventional clothes, and used psychedelic drugs". The phrase hippie developed from the term 'Yippie" which stands for Youth International Party.
Key Ideas:The hippies were different to many other people beacuse the rejected the goverments rules and ideas and their parents plans. Hippie culture: The hippy movement was born in 1960's America. Young people rejected the older generation's rules and created their own alternative culture. The movement began in San Francisco, California, spreading throughout America and across the globe. Hippies came from all different backgrounds, but most were under 25 years old and from well off middle class backgrounds; they were considered by society to be lazy long haired time wasters. Hippies were anti-establishment, unconventional, and wild; they rejected the gender roles put in place by ordinary society. A lot of the older generation in the 1960's found it very difficult to relate to them. Hippies involved themselves not just in taking drugs, free love and going to music gatherings but also in demonstrations over injustices in the world. The Hippy movement is said to have been born from outrage over the Vietnam War and also from the music of the time. Very politically active hippies were termed 'yippies' this stands for Youth international party.
1. Vegetarianism 2. Nudism 3. Natural medicine 4. Abstinence from alcohol 5. Clothing reform 6. Settlement movements 7. Garden towns 8. Soil reform 9. Sexual reform 10. Health food and economic reform 11. Social reform 12. Liberation for women, children and animals 13. Communitarianism 14. Cultural and religious reform: i.e. a religion or view of the world that gives weight to the feminine, maternal and natural traits of existence.
Through out history the world has seen some generations that have made an impact more than all of its predecessors. The decade from 1960 to 1970 was definitely one of those eras. The people didn't follow the teachings of its elders, but rejected them for an alternative culture which was their very own. Made up of the younger population of the time this new culture was such a radical society that they were given their own name which is still used today. They came to be called the Hippies. The Hippie movement started in San Francisco, California and spread across the United States, through Canada, and into parts of Europe. But it had its greatest influence in America. During the 1960's a radical group called the Hippies shocked America with their alternative lifestyle and radical beliefs. Hippies came from many different places and had many different backgrounds. All Hippies were young, from the ages of 15 to 25. They left their families and did it for many different reasons. Some rejected their parents' ideas, some just wanted to get away, and others simply were outcasts, who could only fit in with the Hippie population. Most Hippies came from wealthy middle class families. Some people said that they were spoiled and wasting their lives away. But to Hippies themselves this was a way of life and no one was going to get in the way of their dreams and ambitions. Hippies flocked to a certain area of San Francisco on the corner of Haight Street and Ashbury Street, where the world got their first view of this unique group. The Hippies were so different that the conservative middle class could not relate to them and saw them as aliens.
In the years of 1965 and 1966 the Hippies took over the Haight Ashbury district. There they lived and spread their psychedelic theme through out the whole area. In the Haight Ashbury district there were two parks that that all Hippies knew well. The most famous of the two was the Golden Gate Park. The single most important event that put the Hippies on the map was held at the Golden Gate Park. It was called the Trips Festival. The Trips Festival was a week long festival designed to celebrate the LSD experience. Besides this festival dozens of other events took place at Golden Gate Park, some of which were free concerts by The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane and Anti-War rallies held by Hippie political leaders. The other park is called the Buena Vista park and is known for housing hippies at night and for socializing during the day. As the 1960's progressed, the youth in America united. In 1969 400,000 young people materialized for three dizzying days to listen to rock and blues music, to wear funny clothing or no clothes at all, to talk, sing, dance, clap hands, to drink beer or smoke pot and make love-but mostly to marvel again and again that they were all there together. This festival was held in a small town in up-state New York and came to be called Woodstock, after the town it was held in.
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3. The Hippie movement started in the 1960s in San Francisco, California, USA, and rapidly spread across
the globe. Hippies came from all different backgrounds, but most were in their twenties and from well-off, middle class families.
Key ideas for questions:
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2. People became Hippies because they rejected some of the things their government was doing and the ways of their society.And/or their parents ideas.
music of the decade: Hippies use music to express themselves emotionally, spiritually, and politically. Music can make a statement, give voice to a movement. As hippies explore their inner world, music guides them along in their quest for meaning. Without drugs it can get you high. With drugs, music can be a religious experience.The early sixties saw music becoming more than just entertainment. It was now music with a message. And the messages poets sang helped us identify with important issues and events that concerned people. songs had an impact on the consciousness of not just hippies but all society. Some of these songs also broke new ground musically. One way or another they hit people deeply, made people think, made people dream, made people feel as one.
The musicians listed below were the inspiration for much of the music that has been made since. This includes Heavy Metal, Punk, Disco, Rap, Hip Hop, and Techno. Some of the artists in this list, many of the greatest, devoted the last years of their lives to sharing their music with the world. They touched millions of people, each in a unique way. some of the musicians that the hippies praised: The Allman braothers,America,The animals,The Association,The Beatles:When the Beatles came to America in 1964 it really was an invasion of new music, style and attitude. They not only turned the music world upside down with their electric guitars, their happy harmonies, long hair and mod fashions, but suddenly music was fun like it hadn't been since Elvis. We boomers couldn't get enough of them, as Beatlemania swept the country."We're more popular than Jesus now,I don't know which will go first- rock and roll or Christianity.Qoted by John Lennon.Then there was Led Zepplin Jimmy Hendrix, Buffalo Springfeild,The Byrds,Crosby Stills and Nash,Joe Cocker,The Doors,Bob Dylan,The Eagles,And of course the fab women artists of the century:Carole King and Janis Joplin, Then the Mamas and the Papas,Santana(The historic guitarist),The Rolling Stones,1967 brought to our attention such phenomenal artists as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, The Doors and The Moody Blues. The psychedelic San Francisco sound and the spread of LSD opened minds everywhere to new possibilities. Concept albums like Sgt. Pepper had us leaving our turntables on 33 instead of 45. Concerts like Monterey Pop were huge happenings where the audience was part of the show. Then there was the Summer of Love.... To be alive and part of this scene was something very special. It forever changed the face of music, society and our lives.
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1. The dictionary definition of a "hippie" or "hippy" is: "a young person of the 1960’s who rejected established social mores, advocated spontaneity, free expression of love and the expansion of consciousness, often wore long hair and unconventional clothes, and used psychedelic drugs". The phrase hippie developed from the term 'Yippie" which stands for Youth International Party.
Key Ideas:The hippies were different to many other people beacuse the rejected the goverments rules and ideas and their parents plans. Hippie culture: The hippy movement was born in 1960's America. Young people rejected the older generation's rules and created their own alternative culture. The movement began in San Francisco, California, spreading throughout America and across the globe. Hippies came from all different backgrounds, but most were under 25 years old and from well off middle class backgrounds; they were considered by society to be lazy long haired time wasters. Hippies were anti-establishment, unconventional, and wild; they rejected the gender roles put in place by ordinary society. A lot of the older generation in the 1960's found it very difficult to relate to them. Hippies involved themselves not just in taking drugs, free love and going to music gatherings but also in demonstrations over injustices in the world. The Hippy movement is said to have been born from outrage over the Vietnam War and also from the music of the time. Very politically active hippies were termed 'yippies' this stands for Youth international party.
1. Vegetarianism 2. Nudism 3. Natural medicine 4. Abstinence from alcohol 5. Clothing reform 6. Settlement movements 7. Garden towns 8. Soil reform 9. Sexual reform 10. Health food and economic reform 11. Social reform 12. Liberation for women, children and animals 13. Communitarianism 14. Cultural and religious reform: i.e. a religion or view of the world that gives weight to the feminine, maternal and natural traits of existence.
Through out history the world has seen some generations that have made an impact more than all of its predecessors. The decade from 1960 to 1970 was definitely one of those eras. The people didn't follow the teachings of its elders, but rejected them for an alternative culture which was their very own. Made up of the younger population of the time this new culture was such a radical society that they were given their own name which is still used today. They came to be called the Hippies. The Hippie movement started in San Francisco, California and spread across the United States, through Canada, and into parts of Europe. But it had its greatest influence in America. During the 1960's a radical group called the Hippies shocked America with their alternative lifestyle and radical beliefs. Hippies came from many different places and had many different backgrounds. All Hippies were young, from the ages of 15 to 25. They left their families and did it for many different reasons. Some rejected their parents' ideas, some just wanted to get away, and others simply were outcasts, who could only fit in with the Hippie population. Most Hippies came from wealthy middle class families. Some people said that they were spoiled and wasting their lives away. But to Hippies themselves this was a way of life and no one was going to get in the way of their dreams and ambitions. Hippies flocked to a certain area of San Francisco on the corner of Haight Street and Ashbury Street, where the world got their first view of this unique group. The Hippies were so different that the conservative middle class could not relate to them and saw them as aliens.
In the years of 1965 and 1966 the Hippies took over the Haight Ashbury district. There they lived and spread their psychedelic theme through out the whole area. In the Haight Ashbury district there were two parks that that all Hippies knew well. The most famous of the two was the Golden Gate Park. The single most important event that put the Hippies on the map was held at the Golden Gate Park. It was called the Trips Festival. The Trips Festival was a week long festival designed to celebrate the LSD experience. Besides this festival dozens of other events took place at Golden Gate Park, some of which were free concerts by The Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane and Anti-War rallies held by Hippie political leaders. The other park is called the Buena Vista park and is known for housing hippies at night and for socializing during the day. As the 1960's progressed, the youth in America united. In 1969 400,000 young people materialized for three dizzying days to listen to rock and blues music, to wear funny clothing or no clothes at all, to talk, sing, dance, clap hands, to drink beer or smoke pot and make love-but mostly to marvel again and again that they were all there together. This festival was held in a small town in up-state New York and came to be called Woodstock, after the town it was held in.2.
3. The Hippie movement started in the 1960s in San Francisco, California, USA, and rapidly spread across
the globe. Hippies came from all different backgrounds, but most were in their twenties and from well-off, middle class families.
Key ideas for questions:
1.
2. People became Hippies because they rejected some of the things their government was doing and the ways of their society.And/or their parents ideas.
music of the decade:Hippies use music to express themselves emotionally, spiritually, and politically. Music can make a statement, give voice to a movement. As hippies explore their inner world, music guides them along in their quest for meaning. Without drugs it can get you high. With drugs, music can be a religious experience.The early sixties saw music becoming more than just entertainment. It was now music with a message. And the messages poets sang helped us identify with important issues and events that concerned people. songs had an impact on the consciousness of not just hippies but all society. Some of these songs also broke new ground musically. One way or another they hit people deeply, made people think, made people dream, made people feel as one.
The musicians listed below were the inspiration for much of the music that has been made since. This includes Heavy Metal, Punk, Disco, Rap, Hip Hop, and Techno. Some of the artists in this list, many of the greatest, devoted the last years of their lives to sharing their music with the world. They touched millions of people, each in a unique way.
some of the musicians that the hippies praised:
The Allman braothers,America,The animals,The Association,The Beatles:When the Beatles came to America in 1964 it really was an invasion of new music, style and attitude. They not only turned the music world upside down with their electric guitars, their happy harmonies, long hair and mod fashions, but suddenly music was fun like it hadn't been since Elvis. We boomers couldn't get enough of them, as Beatlemania swept the country."We're more popular than Jesus now,I don't know which will go first- rock and roll or Christianity. Qoted by John Lennon.Then there was Led Zepplin Jimmy Hendrix, Buffalo Springfeild,The Byrds,Crosby Stills and Nash,Joe Cocker,The Doors,Bob Dylan,The Eagles,And of course the fab women artists of the century:Carole King and Janis Joplin, Then the Mamas and the Papas,Santana(The historic guitarist),The Rolling Stones,1967 brought to our attention such phenomenal artists as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Jefferson Airplane, The Grateful Dead, The Doors and The Moody Blues. The psychedelic San Francisco sound and the spread of LSD opened minds everywhere to new possibilities. Concept albums like Sgt. Pepper had us leaving our turntables on 33 instead of 45. Concerts like Monterey Pop were huge happenings where the audience was part of the show. Then there was the Summer of Love.... To be alive and part of this scene was something very special. It forever changed the face of music, society and our lives.